Jean Prevel
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Jean Prevel
Printer in Paris, 1510–1528
Imprimeur
Prevel worked in Rouen (1510–1513) and Paris (1517–1528). He seems to have had a specialisation in small-format books (eg. 16° and 64° titles recorded by the Inventaire chronologique.
Called ‘Prével’ by the Inventaire chronologique but ‘Prevel’ by Renouard, Walsby and the BnF.
- Addresses
- En la rue Judas.
- Rue de Bière, à l’image St Michel.
- References
- Renouard, Répertoire, 353.
- BnF Data: Jean Prevel
- Malcolm Walsby, Booksellers and Printers in Provincial France 1470–1600, Leiden, Brill (2020), no. 2326, p. 761.
- Devices
- Renouard 926
- Types
| Name | Size | Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| T32 | 52 | 1518–1519 | with Rotunda uppercase |
| T16 | 114 | 1519 | |
| T15 | 116 | 1518? | |
| Rot99 | 42 | 1519–1520? | |
| Rot55 | 76 | 1519 | |
| Rot40 | 94 | 1519 |
- Lombards
| Size | Dates |
|---|---|
| 4.0 mm | 1518–1519 |
- Initials
| Size | Dates |
|---|---|
| 12 | 1519 |
| 14 | 1518–1519 |
| 19 | 1518 |
- Signatures
- ‘$j’–‘$iiij’
- Catchwords
- None
6 December 1518Salicetus, Nicolaus, -approximately 1493.Liber meditationum ac orationum deuotarum qui anthidotarius anime dicitur.[Paris]: [Colophon:] Impressus parisius [pr. by J. Prevel?] pro Iohanne paruo. Anno Millesimo quingentesimo decimo octauo. Die vero sexta mensis Septembris [1518].8°: a–z & A–F⁸.Printed in Paris for Jean Petit, possibly with the typographical material of Jean Prevel.
[View full record] 842.aa.46. 4 August 1519[Bible. Latin.]Biblia cum summariorum apparatu pleno.[Paris]: [Colophon:] Impressa Parisius per Iohannem preuel, Anno Millesimo quingentesimo decimonono. quarta Augusti [1519].8°: aa–bb⁸ cc⁴ a–z A–Z ✠ AA–NN ²A–D⁸ E⁴ F–G⁸.Printed in Paris by Jean Prevel for Jean Petit.
[View full record] 3005.a.20. 1520[Liturgies. Hours. Salisbury.][Hore ad vsum Sarum] .[Paris?]: [pr. by J. Prevel?], [c. 1520?].64°: ... e–h⁸ ....Possibly printed in Paris by Jean Prevel.
[View full record] C.17.b.10 (gatherings e–h only)
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